The American International Recruitment Council will investigate Beijing-based New Oriental Vision Overseas Consulting, after a Reuters report accused the company of fraudulent university admission practices.

After a huge shock win for Donald Trump in the US presidential election, educators in the US and overseas have reacted with concern that the victory will damage the US's reputation as a welcoming destination as well as curtail work opportunities for international students in the country.

Buy-in from top-level management leading the charge to increase study abroad will be crucial if the US is going to meet its goal of doubling its outbound students by 2020 – and to broaden the diversity of the cohort going overseas.

A new report from the Centre for Global Higher Education concluded that private education providers serve to massify education, but transparency on value for money and student protection plans are inadequate.